Acid Rain

Acid rain is caused when fossil fuel emissions combine with water in the atmosphere. The environmental effects of acid rain include the acidification of lakes and streams, damage to trees at high altitude, the acceleration of decay in buildings and poorer air quality. Acid Rain also poses serious human health risks by contributing to heart and lung disorders such as asthma and bronchitis.
U.S. Geological Survey
The Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain
European Environment Agency

Global Warming

Global Warming Info

Emissions

Australian Green Vehicle Guide

Brownfields

Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. Through its Brownfields Initiative, the EPA empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic development to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. The EPA's Brownfields strategies include funding pilot programs and other research efforts, clarifying liability issues, entering into partnerships, conducting outreach activities, developing job training programs, and addressing environmental justice concerns.
Brownfields Cast Studies

Compliance Assistance

Compliance assistance is a tool EPA uses to improve a regulated community's compliance with environmental regulations. EPA partners with compliance assistance providers to develop and deliver compliance assistance resources such as Web sites, compliance guides, fact sheets and training materials.
EPA Compliance Assistance

Ecosystem

An ecosystem is defined as place having unique physical features, encompassing air, water, and land, and habitats supporting plant and animal life.
The Franklin Institute

Federal/State Cooperation

EPA works with States to make effective use of resources to achieve the greatest environmental results possible. Together, we collaborate in setting goals and priorities and in implementing strategies to solve environmental problems. EPA uses a number of mechanisms to implement environmental programs and support these partnerships; Authorization MOAs, Performance Partnership Agreements, Performance Partnership Grant Agreements, and Categorical Grant Agreements. EPA also has a close working relationship with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and the Environmental Council of States (ECOS). Listed below are links to policies that describe EPA's enforcement and compliance assurance program with States.
Government Performance and Results Act Info

Childrens Health

Children may be more vulnerable to environmental exposures than adults because: Their bodily systems are still developing They eat more, drink more, and breathe more in proportion to their body size Their behavior can expose them more to chemicals and organisms
Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP)

Business and Industry Envronmental Issues

EPA Information and Assistance for Business and Industries

International Environment Cooperation

International Cooperation for the Environment

Pesticides

EPA Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS)
EPA Registering
EPA Pesticide Compliance Monitoring

Recycling

Jobs Through Recyling

Abestos and Vermiculite

EPA's Asbestos and Vermiculite Home Page

Radiation

Radiation Protection from Cellular phones, food irradiation, and depleted uranium.
Health Physics Society

Waste

Nearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste. Households create ordinary garbage. Industrial and manufacturing processes create both solid waste and hazardous waste.

Hazardous Wastes
U.S. Department of Labor

Landfills

LANDFILLS: Hazardous to the Environment

Household Waste

Perdue University Household Waste Site

Water

The Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW), together with states, tribes, and its many partners, protects public health by ensuring safe drinking water and protecting ground water. OGWDW, along with EPA's ten regional drinking water programs, oversees implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, which is the national law safeguarding tap water in America.
EPA Safe Water Info
National Resources Defense Council on Tap Water Vs. Bottled Water